noun
tropical evergreen trees or shrubs; chiefly African
• Syn: ↑Xylopia
• Hypernyms: ↑magnoliid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Annonaceae, ↑family Annonaceae, ↑custard-apple family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Guinea pepper, ↑negro pepper, ↑Xylopia aethiopica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.